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Parental separation and the formation of economic preferences
Dahmann, Sarah Christina; Kettlewell, Nathan; Lam, Jack - 2022
We estimate the effect of parental separation on the risk and trust attitudes of German adolescents using a large household survey dataset, which allows us to match respondents to their siblings and parents. Our results indicate that adolescents from separated families are less trusting but have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012938781
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Parental separation and the formation of economic preferences
Dahmann, Sarah Christina; Kettlewell, Nathan; Lam, Jack - 2022
We estimate the effect of parental separation on the risk and trust attitudes of German adolescents using a large household survey dataset, which allows us to match respondents to their siblings and parents. Our results indicate that adolescents from separated families are less trusting but have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012804345
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For better or for worse? : state-level marital formation and risk sharing
Chami, Ralph; Hess, Gregory D. - 2002
. The paper demonstrates that such a diversification motive is enhanced for some utility functions when a state s level of … marriage as well as for a precautionary savings motive. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409730
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Dynamic effects of educational assortative mating on labor supply
Gihleb, Rania; Lifshitz, Osnat - 2016
formulate and structurally estimate a dynamic life-cycle model of endogenous marriage and labor supply decisions in a collective … framework. We establish that the education gap at the time of marriage, produces dynamic effects due to human capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476887
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For better or for worse? : State-level marital formation and risk sharing
Chami, Ralph (contributor); Hess, Gregory D. (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
. The paper demonstrates that such a diversification motive is enhanced for some utility functions when a state's level of … marriage as well as for a precautionary attitude towards risk. - Consumption Insurance ; Marriage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001768444
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For Better or for Worse? State-Level Marital Formation and Risk Sharing
Chami, Ralph; Hess, Gregory D. - 2021
. The paper demonstrates that such a diversification motive is enhanced for some utility functions when a state's level of … marriage as well as for a precautionary savings motive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320543
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Polygamy and female labour supply in Senegal
Cudeville, Elisabeth; Guénard, Charlotte; Robilliard, … - 2017
In this paper, we explore the links between polygyny and female labour supply in Senegal using a nationally representative survey. In a reduced-form approach, we first measure the impact of polygyny on participation using a joint model of spouse participation. The identification of the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011656317
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Marriage, Labor Supply, and Home Production : A Longitudinal Microeconomic Analysis of Marriage, Intra-Household Bargaining and Time Use Using the BHPS, 1991-2008
Goussé, Marion; Jacquemet, Nicolas; Robin, Jean-Marc - 2018
We extend the search-matching model of the marriage market of Shimer and Smith (2000) to allow for labor supply, home … estimate how much sorting results from time use specialization or homophilic preferences. We estimate how equilibrium marriage … formation affects the wage elasticities of market and non market hours. We estimate individuals’ willingness to pay for marriage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014130419
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Analyzing matching patterns in marriage : theory and application to Italian data
Chiappori, Pierre-André; Ciscato, Edoardo; Guerriero, Carla - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 15 (2024) 3, pp. 737-781
Social scientists have long been interested in marital homogamy and its relationship with inequality. However, measuring homogamy is not straightforward, particularly when one is interested in assessing marital sorting based on multiple traits. In this paper, we argue that Separate Extreme Value...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015053877
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Bargaining over babies : theory, evidence, and policy implications
Doepke, Matthias; Kindermann, Fabian - 2016
It takes a woman and a man to make a baby. This fact suggests that for a birth to take place, the parents should first agree on wanting a child. Using newly available data on fertility preferences and outcomes, we show that indeed, babies are likely to arrive only if both parents desire one, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011454419